Richard J. Spears

635 total citations
22 papers, 450 citations indexed

About

Richard J. Spears is a scholar working on Organic Chemistry, Molecular Biology and Oncology. According to data from OpenAlex, Richard J. Spears has authored 22 papers receiving a total of 450 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 19 papers in Organic Chemistry, 18 papers in Molecular Biology and 8 papers in Oncology. Recurrent topics in Richard J. Spears's work include Click Chemistry and Applications (14 papers), Chemical Synthesis and Analysis (13 papers) and Peptidase Inhibition and Analysis (7 papers). Richard J. Spears is often cited by papers focused on Click Chemistry and Applications (14 papers), Chemical Synthesis and Analysis (13 papers) and Peptidase Inhibition and Analysis (7 papers). Richard J. Spears collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Australia and Portugal. Richard J. Spears's co-authors include Vijay Chudasama, Martin A. Fascione, Péter A. Szijj, James R. Baker, Calise Bahou, Julia Walton, Andrew J. Thompson, Harry J. Gilbert, G.J. Davies and Antoine Maruani and has published in prestigious journals such as Chemical Society Reviews, Angewandte Chemie International Edition and Chemical Communications.

In The Last Decade

Richard J. Spears

22 papers receiving 447 citations

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Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Richard J. Spears United Kingdom 11 321 287 101 97 34 22 450
Jennifer L. Hickey Canada 14 376 1.2× 316 1.1× 62 0.6× 63 0.6× 25 0.7× 22 616
Kiall F. Suazo United States 10 464 1.4× 195 0.7× 87 0.9× 97 1.0× 54 1.6× 23 626
Masataka Fumoto Japan 14 562 1.8× 391 1.4× 112 1.1× 35 0.4× 23 0.7× 17 660
Priyanka Bose India 9 225 0.7× 298 1.0× 37 0.4× 59 0.6× 37 1.1× 21 488
J. Castro-López Spain 10 302 0.9× 194 0.7× 114 1.1× 33 0.3× 31 0.9× 17 396
Matthew R. Levengood United States 12 391 1.2× 152 0.5× 142 1.4× 142 1.5× 20 0.6× 15 553
Péter A. Szijj United Kingdom 11 272 0.8× 219 0.8× 186 1.8× 145 1.5× 15 0.4× 14 448
Yoshiyuki Manabe Japan 19 510 1.6× 427 1.5× 173 1.7× 57 0.6× 33 1.0× 83 841
Emma E. Watson Australia 12 538 1.7× 305 1.1× 53 0.5× 89 0.9× 48 1.4× 27 682
Chien‐Fu Liang Taiwan 14 520 1.6× 396 1.4× 60 0.6× 38 0.4× 47 1.4× 37 731

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All Works

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Spears, Richard J., et al.. (2024). Chemo- and regio-selective differential modification of native cysteines on an antibody via the use of dehydroalanine forming reagents. Chemical Science. 15(22). 8557–8568. 2 indexed citations
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Bahou, Calise, Richard J. Spears, Ksenia S. Stankevich, et al.. (2023). Hydrogel Cross-Linking via Thiol-Reactive Pyridazinediones. Biomacromolecules. 24(11). 4646–4652. 4 indexed citations
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Bahou, Calise, Jonathan P. Wojciechowski, Richard J. Spears, et al.. (2023). Use of pyridazinediones for tuneable and reversible covalent cysteine modification applied to peptides, proteins and hydrogels. Chemical Science. 14(47). 13743–13754. 7 indexed citations
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Spears, Richard J. & Vijay Chudasama. (2023). Recent advances in N- and C-terminus cysteine protein bioconjugation. Current Opinion in Chemical Biology. 75. 102306–102306. 14 indexed citations
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Spears, Richard J., et al.. (2022). Functionalisation of ethereal-based saturated heterocycles with concomitant aerobic C–H activation and C–C bond formation. Chemical Science. 13(29). 8626–8633. 13 indexed citations
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Spears, Richard J., et al.. (2022). Unearthing the unique stability of thiophosphonium-C-terminal cysteine adducts on peptides and proteins. Chemical Communications. 58(35). 5359–5362. 3 indexed citations
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Spears, Richard J., Clare S. Mahon, Julia Walton, et al.. (2021). A Tale of Two Bioconjugations: pH Controlled Divergent Reactivity of Protein α-oxo-Aldehydes in Competing α-oxo-Mannich and Catalyst-Free Aldol Ligations. ACS Chemical Biology. 16(11). 2387–2400. 7 indexed citations
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Bahou, Calise, Péter A. Szijj, Richard J. Spears, et al.. (2021). A Plug-and-Play Platform for the Formation of Trifunctional Cysteine Bioconjugates that also Offers Control over Thiol Cleavability. Bioconjugate Chemistry. 32(4). 672–679. 14 indexed citations
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Spears, Richard J., et al.. (2021). Cysteine protecting groups: applications in peptide and protein science. Chemical Society Reviews. 50(19). 11098–11155. 72 indexed citations
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Szijj, Péter A., et al.. (2020). Tyrosine bioconjugation – an emergent alternative. Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry. 18(44). 9018–9028. 68 indexed citations
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Spears, Richard J., Philip A. Helliwell, David S. Pugh, et al.. (2019). Chemical Bioconjugation of Proteins in an Undergraduate Lab: One-Pot Oxidation and Derivatization of the N-Terminus. Journal of Chemical Education. 96(6). 1245–1249. 3 indexed citations
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Bahou, Calise, Richard J. Spears, Abil E. Aliev, et al.. (2019). Use of pyridazinediones as extracellular cleavable linkers through reversible cysteine conjugation. Chemical Communications. 55(98). 14829–14832. 11 indexed citations
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Thompson, Andrew J., Richard J. Spears, Yanping Zhu, et al.. (2018). Bacteroides thetaiotaomicron generates diverse α-mannosidase activities through subtle evolution of a distal substrate-binding motif. Acta Crystallographica Section D Structural Biology. 74(5). 394–404. 8 indexed citations
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Spears, Richard J., Julia Walton, J.A. Brannigan, et al.. (2018). Site-selective C–C modification of proteins at neutral pH using organocatalyst-mediated cross aldol ligations. Chemical Science. 9(25). 5585–5593. 34 indexed citations
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Spears, Richard J., et al.. (2018). Palladium-unleashed proteins: gentle aldehyde decaging for site-selective protein modification. Chemical Communications. 54(12). 1501–1504. 16 indexed citations
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Spears, Richard J. & Martin A. Fascione. (2016). Site-selective incorporation and ligation of protein aldehydes. Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry. 14(32). 7622–7638. 81 indexed citations
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Thompson, Andrew J., Gaetano Speciale, Javier Iglesias‐Fernández, et al.. (2015). Evidence for a Boat Conformation at the Transition State of GH76 α‐1,6‐Mannanases—Key Enzymes in Bacterial and Fungal Mannoprotein Metabolism. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 54(18). 5378–5382. 43 indexed citations
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Thompson, Andrew J., Fiona Cuskin, Richard J. Spears, et al.. (2015). Structure of the GH76 α-mannanase homolog, BT2949, from the gut symbiontBacteroides thetaiotaomicron. Acta Crystallographica Section D Biological Crystallography. 71(2). 408–415. 9 indexed citations
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Thompson, Andrew J., Gaetano Speciale, Javier Iglesias‐Fernández, et al.. (2015). Evidence for a Boat Conformation at the Transition State of GH76 α‐1,6‐Mannanases—Key Enzymes in Bacterial and Fungal Mannoprotein Metabolism. Angewandte Chemie. 127(18). 5468–5472. 1 indexed citations

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